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God's Crooked Lines
Drama · Mystery · Thriller · 2022
Alice Gould, a private investigator, pretends to be mentally ill in order to enter a psychiatric hospital and gather evidence for the case she is working on: the death of a patient in unclear circumstances.
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God's Crooked Lines
2022 Drama · Mystery · Thriller 2h 35m
Critical arithmetic
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TMDB
7.3 / 10
Community rating
Alice Gould, a private investigator, pretends to be mentally ill in order to enter a psychiatric hospital and gather evidence for the case she is working on: the death of a patient in unclear circumstances.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over God's Crooked Lines?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Oriol Paulo
Written by
Guillem Clua · Oriol Paulo
Bárbara Lennie
Alice
Eduard Fernández
Samuel Alvar
Loreto Mauleón
Monserrat Castell
Javier Beltrán
César Arellano
Pablo Derqui
Urquieta
Federico Aguado
Ruipérez
Adelfa Calvo
Doctor Bernardos
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Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Importance has entered the chat.”
The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.